Brady: "I'll be ready to go"

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PHOENIX -- Okay, so Tom Brady did address the media. And he's also confused about the rain.

"I guess we brought that crappy weather from Foxborough here," he joked.

But we asked for the news, not the weather. And we actually got it when Brady was asked about the ankle.

Well, after he tried the old "What'd coach say?" routine.

"I feel good," he said. "I'll be ready to go."

Brady did say he didn't practice at all last week, though he later clarified that he's thrown a bit on the side while doing some jogging and taking a few simulated dropbacks.

"It's been a good week. The team's practiced hard, although I haven't practiced," he said. "But I've watched them practice hard and I think we're pretty well caught up mentally. We've got to have a great week of practice because (the Giants) really challenges you. They're good in all aspects of the game. Defensively, they put pressure on you, which we experienced just a few weeks ago (in Week 17).

"I think we need three days of practice, which I hope to be participating in."

Brady confirmed he sprained his ankle in the AFC Championship game against the Chargers but said it didn't affect the first of his three interceptions in the game.

"I wish I could blame interceptions on that," he said.

No word on whether it affected the other two.

Still, just to repeat: He's playing.

"It'll take a helluva lot more than an ankle to keep me out," Brady said.